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Denton paid 297 e-bike rebates in the 2025-26 budget year, up from 101, and its GreenSense efficiency money ran out in August; advisory members review the results Oct. 28.
Nightmare on Elm Street, now in its third year, starts with TWU's team at 6 p.m., followed by the Mean Green women and men, who take the court at 7 p.m.
Democrat Amy Taylor, a 17-year Denton ISD teacher, faces Republican Mindy Bumgarner, who has raised about seven times as much, for a seat that sets what Texas classrooms teach.
All four candidates for the vacant council seat said they support requiring disclosure of private meetings with developers; 960 District 1 voters cast ballots in person on the first day of early voting.
DCTA's Halloween park-and-ride loops from the mall to downtown every Saturday night and Sunday, adds a longer run for the Oct. 24 Day of the Dead Festival and hosts an A-train trick-or-treat Oct. 30.
Answers to council questions in the city's latest Friday staff report also put Bowling Green Park's finish around the end of March and price a new economic development plan at $100,000 to $200,000.
A quarterly update to Denton's Public Utilities Board today puts the 20-million-gallon-a-day expansion's construction start in 2027 and lists $974.6 million in water projects.
Denco announced emergency texting in October 2016. Its current guidance explains when to text, what to include and the service’s limitations.
Organizers of Saturday's No Kings rally outside the Denton County Courthouse said the aim was to get residents to vote early; early voting runs Oct. 19 to 30.
The Public Utilities Board on Monday weighs a contract that sets a $40-a-ton rate for the hauler in exchange for at least $2.24 million a year in disposal payments, even if less trash arrives.
A zoning change before the Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday would lift a 2023 ban on oil-change and tire shops for one lot; staff recommend approval and two neighbors have written in opposition.
Denton’s latest construction schedule lists two lane-closure windows extending into November.
With some transformer lead times near 80 weeks and prices up 350% or more, Denton Municipal Electric asks the utility board Monday to back a five-year contract for refurbished and salvaged equipment.
The Life of the Party screening begins at 6 p.m. in Hubbard Hall's Bridges Auditorium, with a panel featuring filmmaker Meg Griffiths and three former elected officials.
The district and both middle schools received exemplary designations in the Texas Educational Theatre Association’s Awards of Distinction program.
The Norgaard Addition, about 60 acres outside the city limits, has one entrance, gas wells nearby and no stated water provider, staff told the Planning and Zoning Commission ahead of Wednesday's meeting.
A staff planning calendar lists closed sessions to review applicants Nov. 17 and candidates Dec. 1, then interviews Dec. 15, more than six months into Cassey Ogden's time as interim manager.
Republican Alan Wheeler, a former prosecutor, seeks a second term against Democrat Brandon Chase McGee, who gave up a Denton council seat to run; early voting starts Monday.
Candidates for county judge, county clerk, the Texas House, Congress and more are confirmed for the resident-run event at The Front Porch at Harvest, the day before early voting begins.
DME staff ask the Public Utilities Board on Monday to pick a power supply model, after council members asked whether selling renewable energy credits could offset a proposed 3% base rate increase.
Staff will ask the TIRZ No. 1 board Wednesday for direction on overhauling the downtown reinvestment grant, after staff fielded what it calls an overwhelming number of applications this year.
